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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Author | Laurie R. King |
| Year | HarperCollins, 2001 |
| First Published | 2000 |
| ISBN | 0-00-651080-9 |
| Goodreads ID | 104740 |
| Google Books ID | SBz3ZltjMYoC |
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Kate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are called to a scene of carefully executed murder: the victim is a muscular man, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun’s faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The likeliest person to want him dead, his often–abused wife, is meek and frail — and has an airtight alibi.
Kate and Al are stumped, until a second body turns up — also zapped, cuffed, and strangled … and carrying a candy bar. This victim: a convicted rapist. As newspaper headlines speculate about vendetta killings, a third death draws Kate and Al into a network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a modern–style hit list with shuddingly primal roots.